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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater on

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. – Chinese Proverb

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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. – Chinese Proverb

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If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. – Louis D. Brandeis

Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is necessary to distinguish between the virtue and the vice of obedience. – Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. – Voltaire

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